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<h1 class="title">PyGreSQL Programming Information</h1>
<h2 class="subtitle" id="the-db-api-compliant-interface-pgdb-module">The DB-API compliant interface (pgdb module)</h2>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#introduction" id="id1" name="id1">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#the-pgdb-module" id="id2" name="id2">2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The pgdb module</a></li>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" id="introduction" name="introduction">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction</a></h1>
<p>You may either choose to use the
<a class="reference" href="pg.html">&quot;classic&quot; PyGreSQL interface</a>
provided by the <cite>pg</cite> module or else the
<a class="reference" href="pgdb.html">DB-API 2.0 compliant interface</a>
provided by the <cite>pgdb</cite> module.</p>
<p><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/">DB-API 2.0</a>
(Python Database API Specification v2.0)
is a specification for connecting to databases (not only PostGreSQL)
from Python that has been developed by the Python DB-SIG in 1999.</p>
<p>The following documentation covers only the newer <cite>pgdb</cite> API.</p>
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<dt>The authoritative programming information for the DB-API is availabe at</dt>
<dd><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/">http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/</a></dd>
<dt>A tutorial-like introduction to the DB-API can be found at</dt>
<dd><a class="reference" href="http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue49/2605.html">http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue49/2605.html</a></dd>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" id="the-pgdb-module" name="the-pgdb-module">2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The pgdb module</a></h1>
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<p class="last">This section of the documentation still needs to be written.</p>
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